Improvement in buttons



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IMPROVEMENT 1N BUTTONS.

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Be it known that'lI, D.`.M.-SOMERS,`Q the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, V'and State of Newy York,

have invented a new and improved'Fastening for Garments; and Iido herchydeclare that the' follow-ing` isa full and exact descriptionk thereof. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thel'et'ters of reference marked thereon.

Thenatnre of my ,inv'ention consists iin-'providing a stud or button with a conical aperture decreasing in diameter as it approaches the lower end or base of its shank or neck.V AThe base of the stud or butto-n, or that part where thelaperture is of ythe smallest diameter,.is placed against the cloth or material to be'fasfcncd.- lFromA the other side a' disk, provided with a hollow centrelstem of about the same dia-meter as that oil. the aperture in 4the shank end of lbutton, is passed through'. the cloth into the conical aperture and expanded' within it, thus clamping the cloth firmly between the disk and collar of st ud, lthereby vsecurely attaching it, 4rind allowing: the i other flange of the stud to project and act as a. huttrn.

V'.lo enableothers skilled in the'srt to make and use my'inventien, I will proceed to describe its construction and mode of attaching.

I construct a stud, (as shown hy Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings,) of sotaosnitahle metal or materiau' the flange of which is made the size o'f the button required, shown in Figure 3, marked F. l The neckN is made `of a length Vto suit thickness of materials used. l. The other flange or collarfC is made with a diameter not larger than that of the flange F. Thereris a'iconical aperture marked A, that passes through the stud, `'the smaller"` diameter of which is at the collar end,`and the larger diameter attire' flange end. I .zilso construct a second piece, or central stem and disk, as shown in Figure 2. V The stem marked Suiscfl adiameter that will readily pass into small end ofV conical aperture, which stem is Vmade hollow. At one end 'of the central stem there-nis 'a disk marked D, that is of a diameter equalto the diameter or collar of stud. To attach this fastening to the4 material required there is aninstrument used', es shown in Figure 4, topierce a holoto receive the central stein."

The stem, is passed through `the hole 'until the disk comes in contact with'ths goods; then the stud is slipped on the projectingend of stem with' the collar and small end of aperture next to'thegoods; then the point of the piercer is enter-edicto the hole in-theend of stemlv and pressed upon, causing the central. stem to expand to 't4 theconcal aperture in'stud,as shown in Figure lthus' attaching the tivo pieces permanently together, and

clamping the material rmly 4between them. "llhe'picrcing and expanding instrument' can be constructed in the form of pincers, withlndia rubber round the point 4for holding'the stud firmly against the cloth while the stem is being expanded.

I will proceed further to show some ofthe advantages my improved fastcning'hes over others that have been devised and used. I claim a l greet ,superiority 'over other buttons in itsudaptability to 's uit all tlxiclrnesscsof material used in garments without increasing or diminishing length of stem shownin iig-.- .Somc' buttonsin use, to @vel-comenta einen@ require three erreur sizes-0f shrinks." It is als@ readily maas fight when the vmaterial wears end the button gets loose. Itis the quickest button attachment to garments, andthe most perinal nent when attaehedof any that is known. 'It Vhas fewer parts. y its clamping propertyait is alvaysheld parallel tothe goodsnnnd never droops as -other buttons, and consequently iseasier tri-button to.,.

I do not claim the eyelet fastening, whether used inan oiset button or in a slight countersink. Whenl tho end of the eyelet isturned over to rivet inhthe shankof the bottom-it makes it toolnrge tobutton over. Theconical aperture in my button is not e. eountersink, endisinte'nded for other purposes, such as clamping, adjusting, &c., p'

in accomplishing which vit is securely fastened.-

It is obvious that the central stem may he expanded, even if solid, fte fit the conical-aperture,- pro'vided it of material adapted to that operation, or e nut` may be screwedy on it or otherwise attached` to it so as to bear -V in the conical aperture. l v

What I claim as my inve'ntiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination A and arrangement cf the button provided ,with a conica-l aperture through its shank or neck,

the largest diameter'of which is at the face'of the button;` and the disk provided witha hollow central .stem to pass into and be expanded within the'aperture in vthe hutten, all snbstantiallyas 'described and for the purposes set forth v il). M. SOMERS, Witnesses:

Jenn H.'KNA1 1 Winsen S. BENJAMIN.y 

